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Taiwanese lines share Q3 pain

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CARRIERS with disproportionate exposure to trans-Pacific trades continue to report weak third-quarter results, with Taiwan’s Evergreen and Yang Ming both showing sharp falls in...
Taiwanese lines share Q3 pain

Napier reports ‘milestone’ financial year

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NEW Zealand’s North Island port of Napier has declared a strong result for FY 2025, underpinned by strong container cargo volume increases and active yield management and cost...
Napier reports ‘milestone’ financial year

TC Fina closes Darwin Port

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THE port of Darwin was closed at 2100 hours on Friday [21 November] until further notice due to expected impact of Tropical Cyclone Fina. Mid-afternoon Northern Territory time the...
TC Fina closes Darwin Port

Loose wires (nearly) sink ships

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THE US National Transportation Safety Board has found a single loose wire on the 9,962 TEU Dali caused the infamous collision with Baltimore’s Frances Key Bridge on 26 March 2024...
Loose wires (nearly) sink ships

Peters boasts of NZ ferry savings

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KIWIRAIL’s new Cook Strait rail/ro-pax ferries will cost no more than NZ$596 million and the total project will come in under $2 billion, according to the New Zealand Government....
Peters boasts of NZ ferry savings

Canberra consulting on offshore decommissioning reforms

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THE FEDERAL Government is seeking feedback on reforms to decommissioning and financial assurance arrangements for the offshore oil and gas industry. The Department of Industry,...
Canberra consulting on offshore decommissioning reforms

LPG tanker's Brisbane blackout due to wrong settings

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A LOSS of power that temporarily immobilised the LPG tanker Gaschem Homer as it left the port of Brisbane occurred because two of the ship’s three auxiliary diesel generators had...
LPG tanker's Brisbane blackout due to wrong settings

Lyttelton bans start to bite

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INDUSTRIAL action at the port of Lyttelton’s container terminal is beginning to force shipping lines to make new service arrangements. Lyttelton Container Terminal users have been...
Lyttelton bans start to bite

Cook Strait operator on the market

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PRIVATE equity-owned ferry operator StraitNZ has joined Australia’s Strait Link on the sales list, according to a report in The Australian. StraitNZ, which provides the two-ship...
Cook Strait operator on the market

Anderson joins consultancy

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FORMER Port of Melbourne executive general manager strategy and planning Caryn Anderson has joined Black Quay Maritime Consulting as a strategic advisor. Ms Anderson, who left the...
Anderson joins consultancy

Sacré bleu! CMA CGM joins Q3 sufferers

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LIKE so many of its contemporaries CMA CGM has reported a bleak third quarter but notes it’s at least better than Q2. Group revenue for Q3 2025 was down 11.3% to USD 14,042...
Sacré bleu! CMA CGM joins Q3 sufferers

Sharp 3Q drop for HMM

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SOUTH Korea’s HMM has joined other Asian container lines in reporting a horrible third quarter in 2025 and offering a gloomy outlook for the rest of the year. Late last week the...
Sharp 3Q drop for HMM

More recognition for Incat’s Clifford

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WITH a trophy cabinet already bulging with awards Incat founder and chairman Robert Clifford has racked up another honour, being named Sustainability Champion at the 2025...
More recognition for Incat’s Clifford

ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network

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THE CMA CGM Group, including Oceania specialist ANL has today [17 November] opened a new agency in America Samoa, just a few weeks after setting up in Samoa. The Group says the...
ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network

China-Australia rates holding up, for now

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WITH Drewry’s World Container Index turning down this week after several consecutive upgrades, average spot rates on the premier China-Australia route jumped another 8% for Week...
China-Australia rates holding up, for now